The Official Energy Speakers Thread

[callas01]

Macruz,

Nice looking setup.

[callas01]

Merry Christmas my fellow Energy compadres....

[Bluray_ne1]

Originally Posted by callas01

Merry Christmas my fellow Energy compadres....

Same wishes from me as well. I hope 2010 is a great one for all of you. Stay safe on New Year's Eve.

[BigAl87]

Originally Posted by browndk26

I went from Sony's to the C-200's for fronts. Just like you there was more bass and music especially sounds so much better now.

Great upgrade browndk26 and finally happy you got em out of the box at Christmas and got a good listen to them, now enjoy.

[BigAl87]

Best Wishes to Everyone her from me as well. All the best for ya guys.

[Yautja]

Yes my friends, Happy Energy Christmas to everyone

[RB951]

Hey all, Im looking to buy some Energy speakers for my home theatre system and needed a little advice/help.

Well first of all let me say that Iam going to be running my setup with a pioneer VSX-1019AH receiver. I am going to be watching movies, gaming and the occasional listening to music. I do not want anything to big, would like to stay as small as possible with the best sound of course. Well this is what I had in mind

Fronts- c100
center- c-c50 ( was considering c-c100 but was wondering if a 50 will do considering my fronts are c100)
surrounds- c50

I have also been searching the internet for the c100 and have noticed that they are sold out. any suggestions/advice or reccomendations would be appreciated.

[callas01]

you system will be good to go with the C-C50 center channel. I think you would find it a very good bookshelf system for you. Try ebay if you are having trouble with any other items.

[RB951]

will I have any matching issues if i went with front c100 and center c50

[callas01]

no none at all. All the C series speakers are meant to go together.

[BigAl87]

+1 actually Energy really made a good job at matching the sound throughout the whole series Some people here on this forum have a C-C50 with C-500 and they find it's achieving the task pretty well with great transition worse case scenario they give a +2 db to their center but with c-100 it's a go.

[BigAl87]

Originally Posted by RB951

I have also been searching the internet for the c100 and have noticed that they are sold out. any suggestions/advice or reccomendations would be appreciated.

C-300 could be really nice considering the 129$ price tag and you don't need Speaker Stands.

http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ENC300

c-100 on E-bay

http://cgi.ebay.com/Energy-C-100-Spe...item1c0f050459

[RB951]

c300 although they may sound increadible they are just too big for me.

Sweet, good find. I have been searching ebay all weekend for c100's, they must have just put them up for sale in the last couple of hours.

[callas01]

I have c-100s for surrounds and I have disconnected them and hooked them up as fronts. I was watching Empire Strikes Back and I can say that while they didnt have the low end of the C-300 the bass was pretty good, detail in the mid-range and highs were excellent. I think for a smaller room and for a smaller setup you will be happy with what you get. If you could get C-200s they are still bookshelf speakers but they will give you better overall performance. Basically they are the C-300s just in a smaller cabinet. They don't have the same frequency response, but its better then the C-100s and I hear they are about as good as the C-300s once you set the receivers crossover you probably wouldn't notice a difference between the speakers. (maybe) 2-channel music may be a different story though.

[MaCruz]

I thought I was blown away with my C100's as my fronts until I hooked up my new C200's the other day. I wonder how well it would sound if I upgraded to the C300's.

Anyway, when I had the C100's it was very good and you should be happy with your C-C50 setup.

Right now I'm just waiting to get more speaker wire from monoprice.com so I can set my C100's to the rear.

[MaCruz]

For example... If, and I mean IF I decide to upgrade to C300, can I put my C200 as the rear speakers?

[BigAl87]

Originally Posted by MaCruz

For example... If, and I mean IF I decide to upgrade to C300, can I put my C200 as the rear speakers?

I don't see why not

MACRUZ in this case you could go 7.1 C-300 as Fronts C-200 as Surrounds and C-100 as back Surrounds unless you get rid of em.

Originally Posted by MaCruz

I thought I was blown away with my C100's as my fronts until I hooked up my new C200's the other day. I wonder how well it would sound if I upgraded to the C300's.

As you said indeed C-200 produce more bass and are noticeably more powerful, I moved up from C-100 to C-200 to C-500 and hell yeah I'm in heaven but for ht RB951 C-100 will do a great job with X-over set to 80hz.

[browndk26]

How do you think C-50's would be as surrounds to go with my C-200's as fronts and c50 center?

[callas01]

Originally Posted by browndk26

How do you think C-50's would be as surrounds to go with my C-200's as fronts and c50 center?

I use a C-50 as my back surround in 6.1 setup and I can say that it is an excellent surround speaker. I just asked my wife and she says its a good speaker and she is surprised by its little size the bass it gives you. We are watching Band of Brothers right now and You can hear the bullets shizzing by and pounding the dirt. AWESOME!

[BigAl87]

Originally Posted by browndk26

How do you think C-50's would be as surrounds to go with my C-200's as fronts and c50 center?

No problem as Callas said they are all meant to go together Energy really did their homework on that one and at 80Hz X-Over they will perform really well.

Callas has one as his Back surround in a 6.1 setup and holds up really well with the rest of the setup.

Quote from Energy

"C-50 makes a big audio statement—with a small presence. Hear movies, games and music like never before from a small speaker…and they’re sound matched to all of the other C Series speakers, allowing you mix and match to fit your needs. The black ash finish adds a cool touch that makes them an even bigger value. "